Apple has won a long-running patent case against Samsung, but we somehow doubt the infringing party will be too concerned, even though it has been ordered to cease selling devices that infringe upon Apple’s patents in their current form. That means changes will need to be made to some of Samsung’s devices in order to comply.

Fortunately for Samsung, though, the devices affected by this patent loss are already long gone, consigned to the scrap heap.

The dispute originally stems from software features like autocorrect and the slide-to-unlock gesture that was used in the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Nexus, both of which have been removed from the market for some time now. Apple’s court win means that Samsung must stop using software that infringes so upon Apple’s patents or selling devices that use it. As it turns out, that shouldn’t be too difficult for Samsung to comply with.

Samsung Galaxy S II

Unsurprisingly, Samsung is quick to point out that those in the United States at least will remain unaffected by the latest legal outcome between itself and Apple, though we are sure the company is acutely aware that this loss could give Apple more weight to throw behind any patent-related cases that it decides to raise against Samsung in the future.

The fun may not be over just yet, though, with both Google and Facebook joining other companies in asking the Supreme Court to hear Samsung’s appeal relating to this particular case.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Legal spats between Samsung and Apple were once a weekly occurrence, but things have died down of late with the pair concentrating on other matters at hand. Samsung has been struggling to arrest its own sales slide with redesigned Galaxy S and Galaxy Note lineups selling less well than anticipated despite hardware that looks and feels like a better-quality package than older models.

Samsung will be hoping its upcoming Galaxy S7 and Galaxy Note 6 line of flagship devices will be able to aid its bottom line.

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This is a American fascism…. Sorry but apple is being a bitch at this point. Apple and their lobbyists are doing whatever they can to shamelessly destroy samsung in the court when they cant do that in the market. Apple, sue all the other manufaturers that ‘copied’ your design. Oh you wont because samsung is the only one that can fuck you up in sales.

rupert3k

Android’s for peasant bums

p1noyako

Apple can’t destroy Samsung in the market? We’re in year 2016 now not 2013. lol

Robert Moellers

“Picasso had a saying–‘good artist copy, great artist steal’—and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.” This was a quote from Steve Jobs.

Nathan Jourdan

I said this a long time ago…(Years maybe) none of this matters anymore because the devices they infringed on were going to be obsolete…guess what? They are. They drug it out in the courts for years and amassing changed their current devices so they couldn’t sue again…so stupid. They made their money and then some.

You’re a fucking dumbass! Go back to whatever jungle in India you came from!!! Btw, please take with you all of the Androids & Samdung pos crap along with you!!! Maybe you can share them with other wild uncivilized people of your kind. We deff don’t need them here!
Thank you!!!

Kelvin Guerrero

You’re a fucking dumbass! Go back to whatever jungle in India you came from!!! Btw, please take with you all of the Androids & Samdung pos crap along with you!!! Maybe you can share them with other wild uncvilized people of your kind. We deff don’t need them here!

Thank you, for your cooperation!!!

Nallaikumaran

Mr. Apple Fascist fucker, I am a not Indian. Haha.. Just proof to show how dumb apple fans are. Why Apple is jealous of Samsung. Because Samsung is only the brand that can fuck apple. You are fucking idiot..and useless brainless isheep.

Edwin Cha

apple may have been winning the mobile phone wars but mobile phones are a small part of samsung entire company…samsung has their hands in everything and generate far more revenue as a company as a whole….so they can afford these court battles its chump change